7. The Producers (1968)

In 1968, Mel Brooks won an Oscar for writing this movie about two struggling Broadway producers putting on a musical about Adolf Hitler. If you think that could happen today, you’re almost as insane as the producers themselves. While the movie might not pack the same punch as South Park these days, it’s still a pretty damn twisted comedy about Nazis, brain-dead hippies and scumbag producers screwing old ladies for cash. The movie holds up better today than most comedies from its era because Brooks dared to go where wiser heads would have fled. Comedic bravery pays off.